Q1) In 1872, the West of Scotland Cricket Ground in Partick, Scotland hosted the first international event of this kind. It reputedly cost 5 pence to get in! What?
Q2) This game was designed anonymously by Howard Garns, a 74-year-old retired architect and freelance constructor. The first world championship was held in Lucca, Italy from 10 to 12 March 2006. It was won by Jana Tylova, a 31-year-old accountant from the Czech Republic. Different variants of this increasingly popular game are nonomino, heptomino and pentomino. Some of the strategies used in this game are cross-hatching, scanning and marking-up. Identify this game.
Q3) Connect: _____ Karen Green, ______ Eustace Geller, ________ Buffay-Hannigan?
Q4) Which hotel is located at 2650 Virginia Avenue, Washington DC, USA?
Q5) Some malted barley, pinches of wheat flour with a dash of evaporated milk is considered to be the recipe of success by Mr James ______. Fill in the blank to identify his world famous product.
Q6) In 2003 The American Film Institute compiled a list of the 100 greatest heroes and villains to ever appear in Hollywood movies. Which famous character was the only one who made the list in both the Heroes as well as the Villains category?
Q7) A glacially over-deepened valley, usually narrow and steep-sided, extending below sea level and filled with salt water, can be described in one word as?
Q8) It originated in 1978 as a radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Besides the hugely popular book series, it has been adapted into other media including stage shows, a TV series, a computer game, comic book adaptations of the first three novels and a series of towels.
Q9) What is the popular video-game character Mario’s full name?
Q10) ‘One Vision, One World,’ was a concert held in Mumbai and was organised by Save The Children, India. It featured A R Rahman on keyboards. Which prominent personality and ‘friend of children’ wrote the lyrics for the theme?
Q11) What scientific phenomenon refers to the inelastic scattering of a photon which creates or annihilates an optical phonon, where a phonon is a quantized mode of vibration occurring in a rigid crystal lattice, such as the atomic lattice of a solid?
Q12) In which country is Timbuctoo actually located?
Q13) What is the more popular name of the plastic surgery called Rhytidectomy?
Q14) His surname is the actual name that is given to him by the inhabitants of Skull Island in the Indian Ocean, where he resides, while his first name is an appellation added by an American film crew led by Carl Denham who were the first to actually capture him. Identify him.
Q15) The Czechs call it Famfrpál, the Dutch call it Zwerkbal, and the Norwegians call it Rumpeldunk. What is the English name for this fast-paced sport?
Q16) After completing his graduation, Anil Moolchandani joined the family business. On a fortunate day, one of his customers presented him with two posters that he had brought back from the US. He displayed these posters in the shop and was amazed when visitors inquired whether the posters were for sale. Not one to let a business opportunity pass by, he started putting up posters for sale in his shop. In 1979, he started a mail order poster shop, and started operating from a mezzanine office measuring 200 sq.ft. What is this now popular chain of shops called?
Q17) After French revolution, Edmund Burke, looked up at the Press Gallery of the House of Commons and said, "Yonder sits the ----------- ----------and they are most important of them all". What is the phrase used to describe the press?
Q18) ‘Glue, Artificial Rock, Aspirin, Axle Grease, Balloon Basket, Bat-man's Outfit, Bed Springs, Bird Seed, Bomb Boomerang, Bumble Bees, Cactus Costume, Christmas Package Machine, Detonator, Dehydrated Boulders, Do It Yourself Tornado Kit, Earthquake Pills, Electric Eye, Electronic Motor, Giant Kite Kit, Giant Rubber Band, Grease, Hair Grower (patented), Handlebars, High Speed Tonic (contains Vitamins R-P+M). Indestructo Steel Ball, Instant Awakener, Instant Icicle Maker, Instant Road, Invisible Paint, Iron Bird Seed, Iron Carrot, Iron Pellets, Anvil, Jet Motor, Junior Size Outboard Steamroller, Jet Motor, Jet Propelled Pogo Stick, Jet Propelled Unicycle, Jim-Dandy Wagon, Lightning Bolts, Little Giant Do-It-Yourself Rocket-Sled Kit, Matches, Female Road Runner Costume, Mouse Snare, Nitroglycerin, Outboard Motor, Railroad Ties, Railroad Track, Rocket Powered Roller Skates, Rocket Sled, Roller Skis, Shopping Center, Smoke Screen Bomb, Spikes, Street Cleaners Wagon, Super Outfit, Triple Strength Battleship Steel Armor Plate, Triple Strength Fortified Leg Muscle Vitamins (Family Size), Trucking, Water Pistol, Wild Cat.’ These products all belong to what company?
Q19) When Forbes magazine named this leader in their 2005 list of the world’s wealthiest people with an estimated wealth of $550 million, he reacted by threatening to sue the magazine, calling it, "clumsy slander and a repugnant example of the campaign of lies"? Who is this man?
Q20) Belts and hoses comprised the product line of the struggling company, which was on the verge of disappearing when Andre ______ took the helm in 1886. He continued to tend his picture frame and lock business and recruited his younger brother Edouard from fine arts school to help him with the rubber shop. By 1889, a rubber brake pad for horse-drawn vehicles was the company's best seller. In addition to this, in 1900 the company published Guide Rouge which would be a widely used travel guide. Fill in the blanks with the company's name.
Q21) During the first week of April in 1964, The Beatles created Music History by becoming the first and s far only artists to hold the top 5 places in the US Billboard Hot 100. However in mid 2005 which modern musical icon nearly matched them by holding 4 out of the top 5 places in the corresponding list?
Q22) X is in the Guinness book of records as the most translated author in the world with more than 280 copies of his books in print in105 countries. X besides being a bestseller is also a screenplay writer and has received an academy award for "The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer". Identify X"
Q23) On 7th July, 2005, Vikram Solanki became the first supersub in ODIs. Who did he replace?
Q24) In 1989, a plane bound for Surinam crashed on the edge of the jungle, killing many members of a black Dutch national side. Then in 1994, when he had to fly to USA, a journalist announced in a plane that he had a bomb in his bag which led the US authorities to ground the plane and delay the flight." All these probably led to this guy earning a funny nickname. Who?
Q25) Who ‘contested’ the 2004 US president elections under the "Go vote. Go run. Go lead. Go girl." Campaign?
Q26) His last name is Carson. A Forbes 500 company in a press release announced his split with his more famous girlfriend on February 12, 2004. Who is the girlfriend in question?
Q27) Oh, say does that __________ ___________ yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? Fill in the blanks.
Q28) Formally known as Air Force Flight Test Center, Detachment 3 but also often referred to as Dreamland, Watertown Strip, Paradise Ranch, The Farm, The Box, Groom Lake, and The Directorate for Development Plans Area. What is the most common name for this infamous place?
Q29) This volcano is so far the only confirmed active volcano in South Asia. The first recorded eruptions of this volcano date back to 1787 and after a gap of 200 years it erupted again in 1991 causing considerable damage in a period that lasted 6 month. It has become active once again in the last 2 years with its most recent eruption occurring on 2nd May 2006. Identify.
Q30) What word evolved from Greek for 'Instruction in the circle of arts and sciences'?
Q33) According to the H.G. Wells’ classic ‘The Time Machine’, which is primarily set in the year 802,701 AD, if the Eloi reside above ground what is the name of their nemesis who live underground?
Q31) The Order of the Dragon was an institution, similar to other chivalric orders of the time, modelled on the Order of St George. It was created in 1408 by the Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund and his queen Barbara Cilli, mainly for the purpose of gaining protection for the royal family. According to its statute, the Order also required its initiates to defend the Cross and to do battle against its enemies, principally the Turks. Which fictional character gets his/her name from the word meaning "son of the member of the order of Dragon"?
Q32) Who was the last man to beat Roger Federer at Wimbledon?
Q34) There is a portion in some versions of the Quran that approves the worship of al-Lat, al-'Uzza and Manat, the three goddesses worshipped by the ancient Meccans. The story has it that angel Gabriel came to Muhammad later and scolded him for adding his erroneous invention to the divine scripture. Muhammed took back his words following this. What are these portions of the Quran referred to as?
Q35) Nicolas Copernicus wrote, "In the midst of all dwells the ______. For who could set this luminary in another or better place in this most glorious temple, than whence he can at one and the same time brighten the whole". Fill in the blank to identify who or what Copernicus is talking about?
Q36) What Japanese meaning `random pictures' has become especially famous in the world of comic books?
Q37) This Pepsi product, which is marketed by the Quaker Oats Company, was initially tested on the Florida Gators Football Team (the American kind of course) as it was developed by a team of professors there. Pepsi has had to pay the University of Florida more than $80 million in royalties in exchange for using this product. What?
Q38) What does the company IZH in Izhevsk, Russia manufacture apart from
civilian automobiles and motorcycles?
Q39) It is a subspecies of the cowpea, grown for its medium-sized edible bean, pale-colored with a prominent spot. Its currently accepted botanical name is Vigna unguiculata. Originally cultivated in Asia, and still grown for food in many countries there including India, as well as in Africa, it was introduced into the West Indies and from there to the U.S. Southern states, where it is still often used in soul food and Southern U.S. cuisine. The crop was promoted by George Washington Carver, both for its nutritional value and because, as a legume, it added nitrogen to the soil. Name this type of bean, which is probably more famous in the world of music!
Q40) Complete the series:____________, Jean Luc Picard, Benjamin Sisko, Catherine Janeway, Jonathan Archer.
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